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Went for Xangrht.
How easy be could learn! Oh,
He d read Dante's "Inferno"
And oth-r works of fiction and of mjthologic
lore.
To say he'd read until lie had
Digested Homer s "Iliad"
Would te'l but very little of the knowledge he'd
In ftore.
He had a Webster head.
And of 1.1m I: could be Mild
That his jr.-srs of oratory to surh extent
w er-
Developed, jou'd declare If
You heard him on the tariff
: That h equaled old Dcmosthcnen or learned
Cicero.
On matters scientific
Ills knowledge was terrific:
! He had -works of many authors who hare cap
ture d rank and fame.
But you 11 own 'tis a burning
Shame this man of mighty learning
; CouId.Vt te'l a three-base hitter at the festlvo
baseball game.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
HODGE-PODGE OF EVENTS
Decoration Day Programme Covered
All Sorts of Athletic Next Ble
Event the July Rcgrntta.
The annual regatta of the North Pacific
! Association of Amateur Oarsmen will be
the next bjg .sporting event to be pulled
I off ,n Portland. The regatta will be held
July 3 nd 4, and the races will be rowed
on the 1 illamette River.
Aside from this, the principal sports
from now until Fall will be bat. all, ten
nis and cr.cket. Golf will receive Its usual
share of attention, but as that same Is
layed at all seasons of the year. It Is
lot rated with the periodical sports. Dec-
orat on day practically wound up the field
and track eents, and lovers of athletics
had ample opportunity that day to wltnes?
any and all kinds of sport. There ere
bicycle road races, bicycle track raced,
field and track contests, baseball, tennis
and aquatic competitions. Each had its
proportion of interested spectators, and
everybody seemed satisfied, except the
yachtsmen and their friende. Lack of
good sport on the rivor, however, resulted
from the lack of breeze, and for that no
one can be blamed.
At the Tenuis Xets.
The tennis tournament finished about
as was expected. Goss won the "singles"
and Goss and Lew's carried off the hon
ors In the "doubles." A "round-robin"
tournament will next he run off by the
Multnomah tennis players. That will be
followed by the state championship meet,
which has been arranged for July 21.
Multnomah and Mount Angel teams put
up splendid ball at Mount Angel Wednes
day afternoon. Contests are now being
arrarged for some time In advance, and
the National game should be at the front
In Portland for some time to come. Among
the teams that will meet Multnomah's
jtwlrlers this year are the Chemawa In
Iflians, Mount Angel boys and several
I teams from Pugct Sound cities.
Among; the Uarxiuen.
The number of oarsmen In active train
ing at tue Portland Rowing Club, for the
events of the coming regatta, is unusually
large. A the good weather continues, the
men show up steadily for practice, and the
Improvement in form is marked. During
the past week, two new junior crews
were formed. They were put through the
usual preliminary coaching and are now
L working In the shells.
On June 9 the club will hold a small-
J size 1 regatta on Its own account, for the
rpurpore of working out the various ciews
and to correct any errors in form. "When
the big event comes of. July 3-4. the local
oarsmen wM be In condition to give their
rscrvftcrn friends a harder rub than dur
ing cars past. The Vancouver and Vic
tor1 i crews are not losing anj time, and
Intfest in rowing, in those cities, Is as
gr. t s it ever was The Vancouver
jnf'Dr trews ae said to be especially
strirg urd will make a hard fight to
recover 'heir lost laurels-.
Portlands senior crew, comuoscd of
Ball, bow. Rintoul. two. Scott (captain),
three, and Stiles, stroke, is working bet
ter than am- crew ever Men on the river.
It is probably the henviost that ever rep
resented t1" c ub and there is little doubt
urn the men will give a good account of
thtmsfiVts.
Patron Goss and Stiles are doing fasi
Iwork In the .singles, and are dally improv
ing in rone iaii and stiles will repre-
U the club in the senior doubles.
InehtitiK-
w Impoyslble for the yachts to
ce -n Interesting showing on the rivor
rei"sda afternoon, by reason of th
e of su llldent wind to -move the
riHojs craft at a rate of sicfd much
Jver a. irlle an hour. The starting gun
was CrM at 3 o'clock sharp. Two hours
iter the leading boot had nt rounded
he l'r t !.uoj. and the officials called th
oft This wn dtsrouracincr to bath
n and siHTtators, but nothing
, r;u d be done. Since the close of last
yie various members of the Oregon
tTlub have discussed the merits and
Ljm rUs of 'he different craft, and the
feioration day xegatti was to be the
. crt wb h would decide all controver
ted, ice starter. Wednesday, were cll-
Llel inO three classes, according to
inurement. They were as follows:
LUe' A Alice. Wells skipper: Turtle.
ng skipper; Hare, ZeJIar skipper;
Jordan skipper; Ltltle. Gordon
r aM Pearl. MacBeth skipper.
r Lark. Todd skipper. Hazel.
..esca skipper. Acnes, mil skipper;
Owyhee. Taylor skipper, and Swallow,
Marlett skipper.
Class C: Curio. Morey skipper; Becom
nl. O'Bryan skipper; Quickstep, Wood
ward skipper, and Edith, Catlin skipper.
Lairn Tennis.
The coming event In tennis circles Is
the round-robin tournament, which will
be run off In the npar future. In this,
oah player Is pitted against every' other
player, and the prize Is awarded on points.
The standard of playing has greatly im
proved of late, and all players who en
ter for the tournament will go In under
a new classification.
The Multnomah and Mount Angel base
ball teams played a rattling good game
at Mount Angel Wednesday afternoon.
It resulted in a score of 7 to 3 in favor
of the Portland team. The college boys
failed to score until the last Inning, when
they managed to scratch In threo runs.
The gome would no doubt have ended
without a score for Mount Angel, had not
the Multnomahs grown overanxious to
hold them down. Hnrkins pitched a ter
rific game for the Portland nine. The
college boys were unable to knock a sin
gle ball outside of the diamond. Alnslle
played In his old-time form, ani his work
behind the bat was a feature of the game.
For Mount Angel, the heavy hitting of
Larler and Costello's work on first .base
were the leading points. Fontaine always
plays good ball, and was up to his usual
standard.
CONEY ISLAND AllEXA.
History of Unlldlnpr In Which Jef
fries Defeated Corbett.
The clubhouse at Coney Island, in which
the Corbett and Tsffries battle took place
recently, has h a. very interesting his
tory in fistlana, and Is known tho world
over. The building was originally built
by the late Paul Bauer, and was used by
him as a casino and skating-rink.
Along In 1SU2, says the Brooklyn Bagle.
Dick Newton, Kenny Southerland and
Judge Tighe conceived the idea of giving
the sporting public in this section of the
country a real boxing club. This was
rather a bold move, as boxing was con
sidered unlawful at that time, and many
predicted a short career for the new or
ganization. Every effort was made by
the authorities to stop the promoters from
opening it, but, notwithstanding all the op
position, the doors of the Coney Island
Athletic Club were opened to the public
on Monday, May 19, 1S92, with a finish con
test between Billy Pllmmer, champion of
England, and Tommy Kelly, the "Harlem
Spider." The contest was to be 20 rounds
INTERCOLLEGIATE HAMMER -
A. D. rinvr. Vniveriity ol California.
By his jerforniance at the dual track and
fild athletic meot, between the Unlrerslty of
Pennsylvania, ami California, at Philadelphia.
Monday, May 23. A D Flaw representing tho
J GMden State, won th distinction of belny the
ahamjdon hammer-thrower of the American eol
lepe worlfi Pitted acaint T T Ilare, of
Pennsj ivanla. whe rworfe-I a distance ef 142
feet IWt Inches, in tlw ocmptltlon, Plaw ea-t
J the lC-nound hammer 1C3 feet H inch, thereby
oeaimff ms own previous intercollegiate rec
ord of 154 feet 4fc Incite, made at the na
tional Intaroollegiate games, en Manhattan
fleM. New York, the preceding Saturday Plaw
not only did thl?. but. In practice. Just Nsfra
the rcnnylvanla-CallfomlR contest, he threw
the hammer 170 feet 0 taeaes. thereby beating
the world's record at 1C7 feet S Inches, held by
Jehn Flanagan, the Irlfh nammer-thrower, of
the New York Athletic Club. HIb performance
stamp him as one of the foremost American
athletic champions, a wonder among welght
tlirowcrs and a credit to the Pacific Coast. Why
doesn't Multnomah cet In and da tomcthtng in
that line? It should hare pome Ptron? men
naions Its membership, and slipoU awake from
its present lethargy.
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or "more." The bout ended In a clean
knock-out victory for tho clever English
man, after an exciting battle, lasting 10
rounds.
The club, under tho management of its
founders, continued for nearly two years.
When the McKano troubles began at
Gravcsend, it started on the downward
path, and shortly before the election of
1S33, tho doors were closed, and the Coney
Island Athletic CJub passed out of history.
During Its two years of existence many
notable events took place in the arena.
Dick Newton, who was the matchmaker
of the club, startled tho sporting world
by offering $41,000 for a contest between
Bob Fitzslmmon and Jim Hall; $45.0W for
Jack McAullffe and Dick Burge, and $40,
000 for Corbett and Mitchell. None of
these matches ever took place, however.
Fltzslmmons and Hall decided that 54O.0O3
of New Orleans money was better than
$41,000 of Coney Island coin. Fitz won
the fight, but the club paid him off in notes,
and the lanky Australian still retains them
as mementos of the battle.
The McAulIffe-Burge match was made
articles drawn up and signed, and deposits
put up, but tho Englishman flunked out
of the match by sailing for England.
The Corbett-Mitcheli match was sched
uled to come off during the month of De
cember, but the arrest of. Newton Suther
land and others connected with the Coney
Island ring brought the match to a sudden
end and boxing was a dead issue so far as
Coney Island was concerned.
After remaining closed for nearly one
year, Jim Kennedy got some prominent
Brooklyn politicians interested, and under
the name of the Seaside Athletic Club box
ing was revived, and the club opened on
August 27, 1S94. with a 10-round contest
between Toung Grlffo and Jack McAullffe.
During the Kennedy management the club
proved a successful venture for nearly two
years.
Warren Lewis was the next man to try
Ills hand at the game, and he changed the
title to tho Greater New York Athletic
Club, and opened with a contest between
Peter Maher and Steve O'Donnell on
Christmas afternoon, 1S9S. It was a frosty
day and a frosty contest, as Peter put
out his man in one minute. Boxing under
Lewis' management was very brief, and
the club fell Into the hands of Alex Brown,
who has been connected with It ever since.
During Brown's regime, William A. Brady
and Martin Julian became Interested in
the club, and, with their assistance, the
heavy-weight championship between Bob
Fltzslmmons and Jim Jeffries was decided
there. Tom O'Rourke has now become
half-owner In tho club, and from now until
September L when the Lewis law, which
will abolish boxing in New York state,
goes into effect, many big events will take
place.
During the eight years of boxing at
THROWER RECORD-HOLDER
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Coney Island every pugilist of note from
America. England and Australia has
fought In the club. The building Is so
arranged that 10.000 can easily find accom
modation within its walls.
CROQUET-GOLF.
Popular Xevr Game, With Best Points
of Golf nnd Croquet.
A new out-door game that has been In
vented and played considerably in Wash
ington, D. C, promises to become as pop
ular a pastime as golf. It Is called croquet-golf,
and, as its name implies, it Is
based on a combination of the best points
of these two favorite sports. Those who
have tested the new game's merits say
that it posses.scs practically all the desira
ble features of both golf and croquet, with
but few of the disadvantages of either,
and that It is bound to grow in favor with
players of both sexes. It was originated
and developed by a Naval officer, Lieutenant-Commander
Henry McCrea, who Is
at present on duty at the Washington
navy-yard as ordnance Inspector. A good
course has been laid out on the turf at the
navy-yard, consisting of seven holes, or
wickets, as they arc called', where some
of the best experts of the Washington
golf clubs have had spirited matches. The
course covers between S00 and 1000 yards,
and has been made in 22 strokes.
One fcaturo of this new game that will
appeal to many, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
is the fact that It can be played on a
smaller field than 'would be suitable for
golf. All the strokes, swings, puts and
drives that ure employed in regulation
golf can be used with effect in this game,
while the delicate and accurate shots that
are nece&sary in both golf and croquet are
developed to an equally fine point at this
style of play.
The outfit Is simple, consisting of a
number of balls and a stick. The latter Is
a combination of a golf club and croquet
mallet, having a long handle, although
shorter than a polo stick. The head Is
equipped with a driver at one end and Is
beveled at the other, so that a good lofter
Is provided for lifting the ball clear of
the turn. The course on any lawn or field
depends upon the shape of the place, and
is marked ilrst by wickets or arches, simi
lar to those used in croquet, and second
br numbered flags. No account need be
taken of the actual distances between the
wickets, it being better fo have them vary
In this respect, so as to afford a course
calling for long and i-hort drives. A
spot or tree is usually selected at a point
near the center of the grounds, and the
wickets made to face to that point, so that
all shots made through the arches must
be toward the center. The balls used are
wood. 2i Inches in diameter, light and
tough, the object being to get force and
speed without momentum, with a cer
tainty that they will float.
In scoring, the players may count either
strokes or wickets. In case the former
method Is fgllpwed, the player pomplellcs
the course In the least number of strokes
wins. Most of the rules of golf hove been
adopted for this game, with a few addi
tional ones made necessary y thd differ
ence in ptar. All the preparation that is
necessary int croquet-golf is to liyel off
the lawn at the starting point, and in the
Immediate -vicinity of each wicket. Tie
more natural obstructions there are, such
as bushes, hills and depressions, the bet
ter, as they will call into play special skill
in .lofting and driving. Only one club Is
necessary and no caddies or assistants.
"LANKLY BOB'S" PETS.
FltMlmmoas Utter Fcnrlcjuraess.
With Wlia Animals.
Down at his training quarters at Bergen
Beach, writes the New York correspondent
of the Chicago Times-Herald, Bob Fltz
slmmons has a small-sized menagerie of.
untamed denizens of the places tiiat m?n
is supposed not to frequent, and they all
take to the tall.-plnk-thatcbed warrior of
the roped scrapping pen, ns if they wero
bis .kith and kirn.
Personally, Fits, notwithstanding his
bruising and punching aggressiveness,
when he is out for the big end. of the sate
receipts, is a large, good-natured boy, who
loves rough play better than he does any
thing else, save perhaps tho bay leaves
of the championship, whtih he rihed to
Mr. Jeffries.
He gets more of tb's rough play dallying
with the coarser brute than he could pos
sibly obtain from roughing it with his own
kind, the human animal. They take to
him naturally and good-naturedly. He
doe-sn't have to lose any time making
passes. Whatever his power, they prompt
ly recognize in his freckled face the mas
ter, and whatever arrangements they may
have formulated, one look into his pale
blue eyes gives them another think, artd
their will is subservient to his.
Not very long ago Bob was out on the
marshy fastness of the Newark, N. J.,
meadows. There a circus man had an in
voice of lions and other savage bric-a-brac.
A particularly ferocious lioness in a cage
became the particular object of Bob's at
tention. "Don't go near her," cautioned tho keep
er; "she has cubs, and Is worse than dan
gerous. I wouldn't touch her myself for a
bag full of ducats."
"Absurd," cfuoth Bob; "she won't be
ugly with me."
. Whereupon tho erstwhile champion slug
ger went over to her ladyship and rrld
something. The lioness came to the burs
of the cage, and purred softly and con
tentedly, as Bob stroked her head. Much
agalnBt the better thought of the keeper,
Fitzslmmons insisted on going into tho
cage, and the lioness fawned upon him as
if ho owed her money, and bad it with him
to settle at once
"I asked Fitz what was tho secret of his
strange power over wild beasts.
"I don't know," replied .the genial Bob.
"I like them, and they like me. x That s
all there is to It. Most men are afraid of
animals. I am not. I go up to them, and
play with them and maul ihem about and
they enjoy It. The cat family, particu
larly, llko to play, and If they get one who
Is not afraid to give and take a. buffet
w(th them, they appreciate fun. I never
feel the slightest fear In fondling a lion,
bear or tiger, and they, no doubt, recog
nize me as one of themselves."
All of which would go to show thai
Lanky Bob Is a simple child of nature,
notwithstanding ih,e credit that he gets
from friend and foe of being a peculiarly
foxy proposition when he meets an adver
sary in the ring.
MAH.VEL AT CHESS.
Mywtcrioun Flayer, ot Budapest, of
Phenomenal Skill.
In Austria-Hungary there Is a marvel
ous chess player, whose name and resi
dence are unknown, tout who every now
and then shows most remarkable skill in
the game. The last story of hhn is told
by James H. Hyatt, of Philadelphia, who
has just returned from Budapest, and was
in Chicago on business recently, says the
Inter Ocean, of the latter city.
"I was playing chess with a friend in
a cafe," said Mr. Hyatt, "and plainly' saw
my defeat, when a little bit of a shriveled
Pole with a tray of cheap Jewelry stood
in front of us and offered his wares In
most persuasive tones.
" 'Go away!' I said.
" 'You can beat him,' answered the ped
dler, whose attention was on the same.
" 'What do you know about it?' J.
asked.
" "May I tell him.? he inquired, looking
at my opponent.
" 'Certainly; crack away!' came the re
ply In a tone of assurance.
" Take his knight said my self-appointed
Instructor. I did so, to humor
him, though I lost my queen by the op
eration; but, much to my surprise, I found
that the very next move gave me the
game.
" 'Let me play with you?' asked the
peddler. 4I mate you In the moves you
say and where you say.'
" 'If you do I will give you 10 florins,' I
answered. Take the white men. Mate
me on my queen's fourth square in 22
moves, if you can.'
"We started in, my friend keeping count
of the moves, and moved rapidly After
about a dozen moves I had the advantage
of a bishop and a pawn, and was assured
I would defeat my aggressive little oppon
ent. When he let a castle go by an ap
parently careless play I was sure of a
victory. Then came a sudden change- in
the situation, and I had to move my
king out of check. I was on the defensive
and in rapid retreat.
" Twenty-one moves,' cried my friend,
as the little pedbdler put me again in
check with his knight.
" 'Mate!' cried my opponent as he swung
his queen across the board.
"My king was on the queen's fourth
square.
"I gave him 10 florins, and he walked
away shaking his head and hands wlt.
infinite satisfaction."
COMMOX SENSE TALK.
Michigan Wheelman PuIji "Side
Path' Question In Xutxliell.
In an address to Michigan wheelmen.
Chief Consul Earle, of the Mlchljan di
vision, L. A. W., explained the attitude
of his division on side-paths in these
words:
"Wo wheelmen, or, in other words, we
men that ride a Wheel, don't lay claim to
the exclusive right to run the state, or
to the exclusive right to run all over tho
state; we only claim the right that any
200,000 citizens might rightfully claim, pro
4ded they are liberty-loving, law-respecting
and obeying people. Our object is to
make this world a better placo to live In,
but more especially that part of it called
Michigan, and Immediately, for we want
some of the good things before we go.
"We realize that it will take a long time
to build a perfect roaa system in this
state, and so we ask the abutting property-owners
alt along the highways of
Michigan to allow the building of side
paths, not for tho exclusive use $f any
body, or any class, but for everybody an
every class who won't use them to de
stroy them- JThey will ho the. sidewalks
of the farmer and his fcmlly, the side
paths for the wheelmen, and cbject-les-sons
to all of what a boon to thu whole
people would be permanent macadam
roads."
Suspected It.
"Uncle Gabe Lunklnhead, of the Spread
eagle neighborhood," wrote the editor of
the Bumblefon Bugle, "dropped in last
Monday morning and paid us $1 on sub
scription. Come again. Uncle Gabc
"P. S. The dollar proves to be a coun
terfeit. We thought it was when we took
It, but as It was" the "first one Uncle Gabe
had paid us for seven eare, we con
cluded we would rather have tnrft than
nothing." Chicago Tribune,
ftANGHH'"COLD DECK11
B1LUIAR.ISTS SCHAEFEIt AND IVES
''DIlftfP'T'HEm MANAGER.
Arranged a Little Game of "Draw,"
aad Jnt Manipulated Things to
"Beat the Band.'
A poker game which took place tna
Nashville hotel a few years ago "will long"
bo remembered by the sole survivor, no
less a personage than Jacob Schaefer, the
"billiard wizard." Frank C. Ives, then
a "shortstop," but later having the prior
claim on the world's championship at bil
liards, and a J. E. ("Charley") Parker
were tho other players. rJ ...
According to the Chicago Tribune, Par
ker had taken the great bllllardlsts South
on an exhibition tour, and the trio were
stranded at Nashville, when the racesj
were In progrees. through picking the
wrong horses, as also the losing cards at
faro.
George' D. Mattingly.of Owensboro, Ky.,
happened to ne In town, and furnished all
the money asked for, else It is likely that
Nashville couldhave beaten the world, as
WONDER AMONG ATHLETES.
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ALVIX C. KltAEJfZLEIX, CAPTAIN O F UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
TRACK TEAM, LANDING AFTER A BROAD JUMP OF 24 FT. 8 INCHES
By their victory In the Intercollegiate athletic contests on Columbia field. New York, on
Saturday, May 20, the athletes of tho University of Pennsylvania went to the top of the list
of college men ot brawn and muscle In America for the present season. But, remarkable as
was their success over tho crack teams of Princeton. Yale and Harvard, Syracuse, Callfor
"nla and other representatives of the leading American colleges, they owed no small share of It
to One man. and he was Alvln C. Kraenzleln, captain of their team, who won three of tho
principal events on the programme.
Kraenzleln had already achieved enough fame In the sprints' as tho only serious rival of
Prlnsteln, the Syracuse broad-Jumper, and holder of the world's record In that class of con
tests, to satisfy most athletes, but on the occasion of the Intercollegiate meet ho 'went ono
better, and astonished the amateur athletic fraternity. In the history of the games, as re
ported In The Oregonlan's dispatches, published on Sunday last, and as subsequently con
firmed by the leading sporting writers of the country, no man has done what he. did In the
way of, winning successive victories in Important athletic competitions.
In tho preliminary events for the Intercollegiate field day, Kraenzleln qualified in four
contests the 100-yard dash, high and low hurdles and running broad Jump. In tho finals, on
Saturday, a week ago, he won three of these events, and, on the strength of his performance
in tho "semi-finals," took second place In the broad Jump, which was won by Myer Prln
steln. of the Syracuse University, with a Jump of 23 feet 8 Inches. Kraenzleln had exhausted
his reserve force In tho three contests he had won, and did not Jump In the "finals." Thla
record of three "firsts" and one "second" out o four contests on one day stands unequaled
In the Intercollegiate athletic word, in a national competition.
far as any two players go, at billiards for
some time to come. However, all went
smoothly, and Mr. Mattingly's horse
chancing to win a race, the boys got even
and continued a our which proved that
exhibitions at billiards will not get the
money in the South.
It was during the stay In Nashville that
the poker game came up. The town was
"closed," as far as dTlnklng beer goes, at
10:30 P, M-, and as this wouldn't do, for
Jake, the room in the hotel had been sup
plied with a washtub, where, amid
cracked Ice. floated relays of beer, re
freshed each evening.
And from 10:30 P. M. until later the boys
played "dollar limit" and drank beer. Two
nights of this sort of thing and the game
got- monotonous, Parker winning a major
ity of the pots.
"This won't do," said Schaefer to Ives
the next forenoon. "Let's cold-deck
Charley."
Flxlncr the "Cooler."
Ives ncrreed. and thi rialr hotnrht two new
decks of cards, and, after dinner, excis
ing themselves from going to the race
track, they went to the room and pro
ceeded to fix up the "cooler." Many and
hot were the arguments ns to how to ar
range the cards, neither bllliardlst Having
more than an inkling of how the thing
should be done. Ives Insisted that So-and-o.
In Kalamazoo, told him so-and-so,
and that Harry Blank, at "The. Rap
Ids," said that this vay was correct, but
Jake, with his well-known .firmness ot
purpose, was certain Ives was wrong.
The argument was a strong one, and a
compromise resulted, after several hours" 1
work in getting the cards placed right.
The evening's play began as usual.
Whenever a bottle of beer was needed the
poker game became double-handed for a
-few moments, because the third player
was opening the beer. Now when It cams
to Parker's turn to act as bartender. In
went the "cooler." It was a "Jack pot,"
and Jake eipened It, saying loudly, "I'm
there!" (ho had a pair of jacks). Ives
bawled, "I raise you $1," and Jake raised
him. Back and forth went the raising,
and finally the noise attracted Parker's
attention.
"Hold on there!" he yelled, "let me see
what I've got." Ho saw a big pot and
his "five cards were on the table. "You
haven't any - right to stay," said Ives,
and tried to throw Charley's cards away.
"I haven't, eh?" soreamed Parker, as he
grabbed the cards. "Well, I guess my
money Is In the pot," and just then; seeing
three fours In his hand, continued:
"How much ha-ve you fellows In the pot.
anyway?" and started to count the chips
and silver. r
"Say, Charley," soothingly said Schae
fer. "don' be stubborn and foolish! Lay
down your hands like a good fellow and
let the kid and I play the pot out. You
know that when a man Is serving beer
for this game, his hand Is dead."
"Stuff and nonsenst!" cried the man
ager. "A man is always -entitled to a
hand when his money Is up," and with
apparent reluctance, Jake picked up the
deck to help hands. It was Parker's first
draw, nnd he took two cards. The fourth
four was the top card, so, had the player
taken one card, he would have had his
four fours. Ives stood pat, and Jake
drew three, apologizing with: ''I thought
1 1 could bluff gut the kid after the draw
by standing; pat. but you,bahies, forcejnQ,
to-draw to the strength, myChand."
5 S 1-Ji?d1-lf
Parker, in his peculiar way.muttered,
"Hnmph!" Jwhen Ives stoods pat. 'but
when fle discovered how" hls hand wa'
"f helpedThe laleT hi? cards on the 'table 2nd
calmly "It a cigarette, as Ives bet tho
limit and Schaefer threw up m his hand.
Then ha threw in two dollars and looked
Wise.
j IV2S raised again and again, and Par
ker afways" went one better. Ives, tiring,
said:
"Charley, if you can beatjthls hand. 1
am willing to 6e broke, v Here's $1T more.
What's the use' of fooling?" and he shoved
all his chips and money Into , the pot.
Parker called and was shown a "Straight
flush".
He sat dinnfound.ed" for a moment; then,
without a word, he walked over and be
gan to cut the wire of a fresh bottle of
beer. And how he d!d wrench that-wire!
He was burning up. Soon lie -served the
boys; then, as he bought morechips, ha
said, hotly, smashing his hand on the
table:
"That's the fourth time in my life 1
have had four of a kind beaten. Do
you know that such has been my fortune
in all things, and if I had ever had an
even break I wouid today be worth a mil
lion ot dollars."
At daylight, when the game broke up,
Ives, the banker, set $37 in money on one
side before he settled tip, and this amount
"he pushed -over to Parker, with:
"Charley, Idon'tfeel right at beating
you out of that money, when I had a
sure thing. There it is, take it."
Parker's face became livid and he gave
the young billiardlst a fearful tongue
lashing, winding up with, "No man on
earth can ever give me back money 1
lost on the square."
Schaefer coughed and said: "That's
right. Charley; but see here," and he
pulled the bed clothes and showed him
the twin deck of cards.
. Parker, muttering, "You're a smart pair,
ain't you?" put the money in his pocket
and went to bed, without saying "Good
nighL"
But he was as merry as ever next day,
and afterwards told the story as a good
joke on himself.
TOO HIGH GEAR.
Unsrracefnl Riding liy Women Dlcj
clixt Dne to That Canie.
"There goes a woman who knows how
to ride a wheel," said an agent whose
store overlooks a cycling thoroughfare in
New York, to a Tribune reporter of that
city. "You will notice." ho continued,
"that she rides easily, and that from the
waist up her body does not move1. It is
maintained always directly over the cen
ter line of her, bicycle,, and.that Is why tho
front wheel runs straight, and does not
swing from- side to side, as you notice It
with so many women riders, and even
with a great many men also. Neither
does she lunge forward with her shgul
ders at each pressure of the pedals. What
is the result?
"She maintains a smooth, even, steady
gait, and seems to be riding without ef
fort. She Is getting all the speed out of
the wheel that she Is capable of. but If
she practiced the objectionable tactics I
have mentioned, she would not be able
to ride so fast or so fan You, will also
notice how rapidly her feet are moving.
It Is plain that she is riding a low-gear
wheel, possibly 60.
"Right there lies ona of the greatest
troubles women riders have. .The gears
are altogether too high. In the effort to
keep up with their stronger brethren, wo
men are riding gears anywhere from 7$ to
84. Whether through care'essness, or be
cause they think there is demand for them,
most makers are equipping women's
wheels with gears above 70. This practice
will eventually dc more to Injure 'the
bicycle than any amount of talking" will
undo. As soon as the point where cycling
Is an easy exercise Is passed, harm is
being- done. When a woman looks un
graceful on a wheel, in nine cases out of
10 the fault lies in the gear of her bicycle.
In the years when a gear in the neigh
borhood of 60 was considered high for a
woman, there were far more women rid
ing wheels than there arc today. I would
advocate the use of a 52 gear for a woman
who finds difficulty in pushing a higher
one. It Is foolish to argue that It Is not
pleasanter to make more revolutions of
the pedal with less muscular effort."
Retort Airy.
"Those acrobats are very fresh,"
Said MIss-Magee to me;
"Oh. some are fresh and somersault,"
Eald I to Miss Mage3.
.-Philadelphia North American,
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ITS 3IANIFOM) USES BEGINNING TO
BE RECOGNIZED.
"tVIII Sapplnnt Nearly Every Otk5
From ot Road Locomotion Wlthj
iuc iieisnrc iiiaasea.
4
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Many honest JSngllshmen 111 certainly
conclude, with a sigh of regret, fat tho
roadster of the future will not beefed on.
oats and hay. says the London Field. IE
will be a thing of wheels and machinery.
Twenty years hence It will be possible it o
look back and trace the development fo
the motor car, as, in- retrospective rever
ies, we are now able to regard the check
ered career of the bjeycle. and probaoly
the vicissitudes through which the ono has
passed will bo' the measure of the treat
ment accorded to the other. The motor
car will have to fight against opposition
and war with prejudice in the same per
sistent way as" its little forerunner has
done, but no one has any reasonabledqubt
that it will emerge triumphant from the
struggle.
Although from its size and character It:
commands greater respect than the bicyclev
which was often, in Its earlier days, the
helpless victim of much violence, and de
nounced. In terms of unmeasured abjse,' It ,
has encountered similar hostility, though
6f a less virulent type. As the oicyclc
was described as a roving circular saw.
whose mission was to wound and maim tho
liege subjects of Her Majesty, so the motor "
car is regarded as a malodorous, nohy
monster, with the same malevolent Inten
tions. Time alone can assuage the animosities;
of those who are not amenable to the Isgic
of facts. Meanwhile tho motor car, under
the careful nnd astute handling of thoae
who are controlling its development. Is'
making most satisfactory progress in the:
Important direction of reassuring the pub
lic as to its harmless prefcliVitles as a road
vehicle, and gradually establishing a repu
tation for being under more perfect con
trol than any other form of carriage.
Test Belnjy Made.
A demonstration, admirably conceived
and carried. out with every safeguard
against the possibility of abuse, is novr
being made with the object of showing
the practical character of the motor car
and its reliability for protracted journeys:
on the highway. When the great 'trial,
now in progress Is over, the pressing need
will be one of supply, and It is the manu
facture that will then require to be stimu
lated, in order that the production of
motors may keep pace with the demand
that Is rapidjy arising: Practically, every
person who takes a beat on a motor car
for the first time becomes an adherent of
the movement, and falls an easy victim
to the unsuspected fascination of automo
bll!sm. Its allurements alone make its
ultimate success a foregone conclusion.
From a utilitarian point of view, the out'
look Is equally promising. As touring is:
the backbone of bicycling, so the ability
to cover long distances expeditiously in
vests the motor car with a value that is,
as yet. but faintly appreciated. As Sit'
Francis Jeuno remarked at the dinner of
the Automobile Club, it will now be pos
sible to run over to a friend's house, 30
miles away, for luncheon and be back in
time for tea, and, referring to the way in
w hich the motor car ministered to the re
quirements of the country gentleman, he
described It as virtually bringing the rail
way to his very door. The bicycle confers
these advantages, but with a discrimina
tion in favor of (hose only who are stroms
and vigorous. In the case of the motor
car, there are no restrictions; no .bodllj
fatigue, is Involved, while every comfort!
Is assured- In Its sphere of usefulness aat
an instrument of recreation the motor car
Is destined to become specially valuablei
for touring purposes.
Unlimited Field.
In this direction an unlimited fidd of
operation is opened up to It, for, with an.
independence equaled only by the bicycle,
it possesses the most ample luggage-carr.7r
Ing capacity. Hitherto the touring bi
cyclist has had an undisputed monopoly
fn access to some of the most beautifull
scenery in the country, otherwise known,,
perhaps, to a mere handful of pedestrians
beside the local Inhabitants. He has.
wormed his way Into the choicest spots in
the most out-of-the-way'places. far bsyond
the ken of the railway-tied multitude.
It is not his objective point alone that
gratifies his desires, but every yard he gos
brings with ifa change in nis surround
ings and opens up new vistas of scenery
that never fall to please. The desire foe
travel which now permeates the commu
nity Is largely the work of the bicycle, and!
it will be still further spread by the motor
car, which will add considerably to the
number of road travelers by attracting:
those who have no longer the strength or
inclination for self-propulsion.
EVOLUTION OF BROAD JUMP.
Tvrenty-Flve-Foot Murk in SIsl
Tribute to Onr Athletes.
Americans should read with pleasure tm
following editorial, which appeared in it
recent issue of an English sporting news
paper. In discussing the evolution of tho
broad jump, the English writer pays a
hearty compliment to the American athlete
and to American training principles. Ho
says:
"The evolution of tha long jump Is a
fitting illustration of the progress thtft
has been made in all branches of athletics
since they came to be seriously practiced!
by amateurs. The athlete who practiced.
In the late '60s and early '70s remembers,
the astonlsnment with which the achieve
ment of A- C. Tosswill In clearing over
22 feet was -received, and the limit was.
thought to have -been reached when E. J.
Davles, the Cambridge long Jumper, and
sprinter, achieved 22 feet 10 Inches. Not
very long afterward, however. Lane, an
Irishman, covered over 23 feet, a distance
which has since been accomplished matiy
times. Stupendous as such a jump may
seem (it Is tantamount to jumping front
the door of an average dining-room
through the window at the other end), wa
have already passed the 23-foot staso ta
the 2i-fcoL
"An Irish athlete was the first to over
step this limit; but two American jumpers,
Kraenzleln and Prinstein. have surpassed,
him, the last-named clearing 24 feet 7te
Inches at Philadelphia last week. It Is
to America that one naturally looks for
the further development of athletic rec
ords, for there athletes subject themselves
to a thorough and austere system of train
ing. In high-Jumping- the height of 6 feet
Is frequently cleared, two or three doing
this In the same competition, and the rec
ord of G feet 5 Inches was accomplished
In New York. The jumper was an Irish
man, but he owned his supe-excellence to
his American training; and the same has
to be said of many other Irishmen, who
emigrated to the States.
"Flanagan, the last of the great hammer
throwers to go over, already held the
record when he left, but since his arrival
continuous practice has enabled him to
excel himself beyond belief. English am
ateurs do not take things quite so serious
ly, and America must have the records
which she so earnestly strives toigaln."
Good Intrcntment.
Stephen de Groat, of Suffern, N. Y.,
while out hunting-, shot a large bird in
the Ramapo Mountains. On his return
home he sold the bird for 00 cent3. While
the wife of the purchaser was cleaning
the bird, she opened the gizzard and thero
dropped out nine pearls as large as peas.
The woman's husband the next day went
to New York, and sold them to Tiffany &
Co., for JM.
BUTURE-OF AUTOMOBILE